CAI install
13-Jan-2005, 02:10 PM
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CAI install
Just got myself a CAI for my 94 hatch and i am just wondering what way is the easiest to install the filter and lower pipe.
do you have to remove the splash gaurd and go up from the bottom or do you have to go in through the wheel well? and will it make much of a diff if i use the stock cheapo filter they supply or shall i get a K&N?
do you have to remove the splash gaurd and go up from the bottom or do you have to go in through the wheel well? and will it make much of a diff if i use the stock cheapo filter they supply or shall i get a K&N?
13-Jan-2005, 04:38 PM
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well you don't need to take the bumper off thats for sure. Just pull out the inner wheel well cover. Well first obviously you need to remove all of the stock intake duct. Then install the top part of the intake to the throttle body. Then remove the wheel well lining. Then connect the bottom section of the pipe to the top portion with the coupling provided with the intake. And then thorw the filter on. This took me about 40 minutes.
13-Jan-2005, 04:44 PM
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Originally posted by zeeman
well you don't need to take the bumper off thats for sure. Just pull out the inner wheel well cover. Well first obviously you need to remove all of the stock intake duct. Then install the top part of the intake to the throttle body. Then remove the wheel well lining. Then connect the bottom section of the pipe to the top portion with the coupling provided with the intake. And then thorw the filter on. This took me about 40 minutes.
well you don't need to take the bumper off thats for sure. Just pull out the inner wheel well cover. Well first obviously you need to remove all of the stock intake duct. Then install the top part of the intake to the throttle body. Then remove the wheel well lining. Then connect the bottom section of the pipe to the top portion with the coupling provided with the intake. And then thorw the filter on. This took me about 40 minutes.
13-Jan-2005, 10:02 PM
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so going through the wheel well is the best way.
also will a K&N air filter make a difference in emissions or will I not notice. i need to have my emissions test done and i figured instead of just changing the air filter i would upgrade it.
also will a K&N air filter make a difference in emissions or will I not notice. i need to have my emissions test done and i figured instead of just changing the air filter i would upgrade it.
13-Jan-2005, 10:35 PM
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K&N all the way. You can clean them over and over, and with a cold air intake you need to clean it often. The other crappy filters fall apart after you clean them. K&N's are worth the money.
It won't affect emissions at all so don't worry.
It won't affect emissions at all so don't worry.
14-Jan-2005, 06:00 PM
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you don't have to put the air filter on before you intall the pipe.
Install the two pieces of the pipe and then through the wheel well, you don't even need to pull the whole liner out you can just pull the part where the filter is down, put the filter on the pipe. Viola....no need to remove the bumper.
Install the two pieces of the pipe and then through the wheel well, you don't even need to pull the whole liner out you can just pull the part where the filter is down, put the filter on the pipe. Viola....no need to remove the bumper.
14-Jan-2005, 09:55 PM
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well thats what i was figuring but i was thinking on attaching the filter to the bottom pipe first that way i dont have to dick around with a screw driver in the wheel well tighten the filter. then i could make the final connection under the hood.
i was also concerned with the old intake tubing. it feels like it is in there solid. will i be able to remove all the lower portion through the wheel well as well???
i was also concerned with the old intake tubing. it feels like it is in there solid. will i be able to remove all the lower portion through the wheel well as well???
16-Jan-2005, 10:26 PM
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Well i got er done! wasn't as hard as i thought it would be. i did everything through the splash gaurd of the wheel well. i couldnt see it to be done any other way!
anyway she worked out good and it sounds awsome, thanks for all your help
anyway she worked out good and it sounds awsome, thanks for all your help
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